Withdrawal
Preliminary work: open the back door and prop it up.
On both sides at the top, unfasten the corrugated wire tubes at the rear door.
Remove the upper tailgate trim from below.
Remove the trim on the sides of the rear door (left and right next to the glass) towards the middle of the vehicle.
Unscrew the screws on the sides of the armrest, in the bucket platform of the handle and in the lower trim.
Pull down the rear door lower trim.
Disconnect or remove electrical connectors, central locking system hose and hose to rear washer nozzle.
Release the wiring harness and hoses in the brackets or from the adhesive tape.
Remove the wiring seal on the tailgate.
Remove the wiring harness and hoses from the tailgate.
Loosen the hex nuts securing the spoiler in the recess in the bellows on both sides of the tailgate.
Remove spoiler.
Remove supports on both sides.
Removal: Press the air springs off the upper ball pins (on the door).
Remove the protective caps of the nuts on the right and left.
Loosen the hex nuts on the door hinge.
Remove the gaskets under the nuts upwards.
An assistant should help you lift up the back door.
Assembly: First check if there are O-rings on the rear door threaded bolts.
When assembling the rear door, make sure that all parts of the skin are well fixed.
The hoses for the central locking system and the rear window washer must not be pinched.
Removing the lock cylinder
The removal of the lock cylinder is identical to that described in the section «Removing the luggage compartment lock» for a sedan.
Removing the rear door handle. station wagon
Remove the rear door trim.
Disconnect all connecting rods from the handle drive.
To do this, move aside the locking clips of the connecting rods to the locks.
Remove two hex bolts with nuts.
Pull out the handle drive.
Installation: In the middle and in parallel, insert the handle drive from the luggage compartment through a rectangular hole in the lower outer part of the door.
The stopper and the grooved gasket must rest against the lower outer part of the door.
Turn the handle drive until the passage holes and the fixing holes in the lower part of the door match.
Tighten the handle drive with washer and hex bolt (10 Nm).
Reattach all connecting rods and adjust their length.
Connecting rod to lock cylinder: set release lever to position «open».
Push back the slide button in the middle of the connecting rod so that the halves are freely inserted into each other.
In this position, fix the threaded parts of the halves of the rod one in the other and lock with the sliding button.
Adjust tie rods to rear door locks - see next section.
Right: rear door lock actuator station wagon.
The numbers indicate:
1 - lock cylinder;
2 — a drive of the handle of a back door;
3 - connecting rods;
4 - lock.
Left: To adjust the tailgate from inside the vehicle, a 3 mm spacer plate must be inserted between the lock and the locking plate (highlighted in red in the figure).
Removing the rear door locks. station wagon
Remove rear door inner trim.
Disengage the connecting rods of the locks by moving the locking clips to the side.
In each lock, unscrew the two hex nuts inside the door frame.
Pull out the lock towards the inside.
Installation: slightly tighten the nuts of the locks, install the fastening chutes in the center.
Slightly loosen the locking bracket (part of the lock on the bottom of the body).
Close the back door.
Insert a spacer plate from inside the luggage compartment (3 mm thick) between the lock and the locking bracket.
Close the lock in the second locking groove.
Adjust and fix gaps.
Tighten the hex nuts.
Remove spacer plate; adjustment of the rear door lock is completed.
Now it remains to set the length (built-in) drive traction.
Push back the sliding button in the middle of both connecting rods so that the halves are freely inserted one into the other.
With the rear door open, put the lock latch in position «closed» (second locking groove).
In this position, fix the threaded parts of the halves of the rod one into the other and lock with the sliding button.
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